Everyone my age has surely heard these words — probably repeatedly. But did we tell it to our kids? Not according to a recent study. ONLY 10 PERCENT of TEENS spend time outside every day of the week. That fact astounds me. Our mothers had it right. We would spend hours “playing” in the back…
Cecilia McGlew Linnartz started a new thing in Houston- a mini-trampoline class for kids. It’s a great way to tap into their natural energy and help them form good healthy exercise habits. Cecilia and I were lucky — we grew up trampolining. My father loved innovations and he would periodically surprise us with toys so…
EMT’s usually attempt to resuscitate and will transport a critically injured child, even if there is little expectation of survivability, which was the situation for a four-month-old in the pediatric trauma room. He had been in a car with his mother and aunts. No one survived in the other vehicle; so the “lucky” ones were on gurneys…
My father used to tell me that he didn’t eat red meat. He always cooked it or ordered it well done, so it was brown. While it made me smile, his comment is typical. For an action that we do on a regular basis (if we’re lucky), how much do we know about what we…
A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but how you feel about the rose depends on how you describe it. If you say, “I have to smell those roses,” you communicate a different message to yourself than if you say “I GET to smell the roses.” There are so many great books…
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